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Jean de Carpentin's Book of Hours SPECIAL OFFER

SPECIAL OFFER: 20% OFF FOR BRITISH LIBRARY VISITORS 3 FEBRUARY 2012 In the 1470s, one of the most innovative artists working in Bruges illuminated a Book of Hours for Jean Carpentin, lord of Gravile and prominent citizen of Normandy. Known as the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book after one of his other masterpieces, this artist and members of his workshop enriched the pages of Carpentin’s manuscript with miniatures, historiated initials and boldly coloured borders in which human figures, monsters and monkeys are framed by twisting branches of acanthus. More

2 books on Philip de László SPECIAL OFFER

Save £15 when you buy these two beautiful and highly popular books on Philip de László, one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Reprinted owing to demand, A Brush with Grandeur was originally published to accompany the first retrospective of the artist's work since his death in 1937. In De László in Holland, the wonderful but little-known portraits of Holland's cosmopolitan aristocratic and entrepreneurial families, many of which have remained in the families’ private collections, are here published for the first time. More

4 Books on Old Master Drawings Special Offer

Save £25 when you buy these four books together. These beautifully illustrated catalogues accompany important exhibitions of Old-Master drawings: Michelanglo at the Courtauld Gallery, London; major Italian artists at The National Gallery of Art, Washington; such masters as Carpaccio, Dürer, Callot and Boucher at The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; and significant French draughtsmen of the eighteenth century from the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor. More

2 books on Old Master Drawings Special Offer

You could save £10 when you buy two of these books together. These beautifully illustrated catalogues accompany important exhibitions of Old-Master drawings: Michelanglo at the Courtauld Gallery, London; major artists of the German-speaking world at The National Gallery of Art, Washington; and such masters as Carpaccio, Dürer, Callot and Boucher at The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. More

3 Books on Old Master Drawings Special Offer

Save £15 when you buy these three books together. These beautifully illustrated catalogues accompany important exhibitions of Old-Master drawings: Michelanglo at the Courtauld Gallery, London; major Italian artists at The National Gallery of Art, Washington; and such masters as Carpaccio, Dürer, Callot and Boucher at The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. More

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